W.W.II Japanese American Internment Camp, Brigade Camp Livingston Louisiana Panoramic Aerial Photograph

[Japanese American Internment] [World War II] Panoramic aerial photograph of 57th F.A. Brigade Camp Livingston, Louisiana. Detroit. Spencer & Wyckoff, 1941. Silver gelatin. 12" x 19.75". As many as a thousand Japanese-American citizens were held at Camp Livingston as part of the War Relocation Authority's wartime internment program.This image documents a rare aerial view of the short-lived American military installation at Camp Livingston. The camp opened in 1940 and closed in 1945. It was originally created to train field artillery regiments during World War II stationing some Infantry Divisions, along with various other field artillery and other Army units. However, the camp most notably became an internment camp to house thousands of Japanese, German, prisoners of war only a year after this photograph was taken. Then Camp Livingston was converted to accommodate enemy aliens and prisoners of war who were incarcerated by the U.S. Justice Department after the Pacific War broke out on December 7, 1941. Japanese, German, and Italian prisoners of war were sent there, and Japanese aliens from the Pacific Coast and Hawaii started to arrive by the end of May 1942. They had been held in detention at military installations like Fort Lincoln in North Dakota and Santa Fe in New Mexico prior to being transferred to the camp. Two further groups of Issei men from Hawaii who had been recommended for permanent detention were also added in June 1942. Most of these 1000 Japanese American men remained in confinement throughout the war, despite a lack of evidence to prove they posed a threat to homefront security. At the time of this writing, no other copies found in OCLC. A few small chips and minor tears and edge wear. Overall very good condition.